Anna Morawetz, born in Linz, lives in Vienna. She studied acting at the Franz Schubert Conservatory in Vienna and completed the scenic writing course at DRAMA FORUM uniT in Graz.
She took part in the Dramatiker*innenfestival in Graz and the d.ramadan at the Oberhausen Theatre and was nominated for the Hans Gratzer Scholarship, the Retzhofer Dramapreis, the Hörspielmanuskriptepreis of the Leipziger Höspielsommer and the Peter Turrini Scholarship. She also received the playwrights scholarship of the Austrian Federal Ministry.
In 2020, her play “Der Schnaps erkennt die Traurigkeit” premiered at the Hessisches Landestheater Marburg.
Works and performances as an actress include KosmosTheater, Theater Drachengasse, Dschungel, Arena Wien, Schauspielhaus Wien, Kultursommer Wien, Theater Arche, Posthof Linz, szene bunte Wähne, Theaterfestival Schäxpir, Theater am Lend, Next Liberty, ARGEkultur, Toihaus, Halleiner Festwochen, Altonaer Theater Hamburg, International Women’s Festival in Finland, Second International Theatre Festival Rainbow in St. Petersburg, Teatro Nacional Dona Maria II in Lisbon.
As part of the Drama Lab she wrote the play “Sonntagsnebel”, which was presented in stage reading at the Kultursommer Wien 2022 and at the theatre festival Hin & Weg 2022, as well as at the Wortstattnächte 2022 at Werk X. A text extract from “Sonntagsnebel” is available here.
In August 2025 she traveled together with the WIENER WORTSTAETTEN to join the Summerschool Südtirol in Veldthurns.
“Sonntagsnebel” is available in our Edition Goldstück.
Photo Credit: Teresa Schweiger